"Drumming and Cursing Cao" is based on the 23rd time of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, "You Zhengping scolded the thief naked, and Ji Taiyi was poisoned and tortured", the story tells that the famous scholar You Heng was recommended to Cao Cao by Kong Rong, and Cao Cao despised him and humiliated him with a drum official. You Heng scolded Cao Cao in front of manchu Wenwu and vented by beating drums. Later, after being persuaded by hundreds of officials, Mian wrote a letter for Cao Cao to shun Liu Biao. This play is also called "Drumming and Scolding Cao" and "Feast of the Qunchen", the old version has a fold of "Changting", also known as "Sending Balance in the Eastern Suburbs", Sichuan opera, Han opera, Hui opera, Dian opera, Qin Cavity, Tongzhou Zizi, Hebei Zizi all have this repertoire.
Peking opera "Drumming and Scolding Cao" is a traditional play of Lao Sheng, Mr. Wang Guifen was good at acting in the early years, and later Mr. Tan Xinpei's performance was original, Mr. Yu Shuyan, Mr. Yan Jupeng, Mr. Yang Baosen all performed this play, and Mr. Xi Xiaobo also received Mr. Yan Jupeng personally taught this play. I have listened to a recording of Mr. Meng Xiaodong, which is very rare. In recent years, it is mainly Yu and Yang that have performed more in the two genres, Yang Naipeng father and son, Yu Kuizhi, Zhang Ke, Du Zhenjie, Li Jun, and Wang Peiyu are all regarded as their own masterpieces. Du Zhenjie also practiced drumming skills and performed well because of this drama, achieving a beautiful marriage in life.
Drama is a classic and good drama, but people have mixed reviews. To be honest, I don't like You Heng, a fellow of Dezhou, Shandong, and always think that he is an iconic figure who is "famous but actually difficult to match". During the writing of this article, I also found the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" from the bookcase and read it this time, and found that at the eyebrow of the book, I once wrote a sentence: "In vain, I read poetry books in vain." ”
Shi Zai you heng was a native of Pingyuan County, which is now the area of Deping Town, Linyi County, Dezhou City. Consult Daoguang's "Chronicle of Jinan Province", and in the forty-five characters of volume 45, You Heng is included. However, in Kangxi's "Chronicle of Dezhou", there is no record of You Heng, and in the Eighth Character Chronicle, there is 1 person of Great Confucianism, namely Dong Zhongshu, 52 sages of the past dynasties, 4 sages of the national dynasty, 16 filial pieties, 47 zhen lie, 1 xian, 3 shi, Gao Xue of the Eastern Han Dynasty who was also a plain-like county, and a plain man who was slightly later than You Heng in the Three Kingdoms period, all of which were included in the ancestors of the past, but there was no You Heng, because it was not well classified, or whether it was deliberately omitted, it is unknown.
The highest evaluation of You Heng is Kong Rong, and of course, Kong Rong recommended him to Cao Cao and sent him to a road of no return. It is the so-called "success is also Xiao He who fails." Kong Rong has a very famous article called "Recommended You Balance Table", which is regarded as Kong Rong's representative work, and you Heng is said to be crazy. I cited a few paragraphs to see: "Ladylike and virtuous, brilliant and talented." The first time to dabble in art and literature, ascend to the church to see the mysteries, see what you see, recite in your mouth, hear in your ears, do not forget your heart, sex and taoism, and think like a god. Hongyang subterfuge, Anshi tacit understanding, to balance it, it is not surprising. Faithful and upright, determined to cherish frost and snow, seeing good as a shock, and evil as a vendetta. Ren Zai resisted, Shi Yu was fierce, and there was no way to overcome it. "If the Dynasty is established, there will be considerable." Flying arguments, overflowing with breath, solving doubts and relieving knots, and facing the enemy. ...... If the dragon leaps into the heavens, vibrates the wings of the clouds, raises the purple micro, and hangs the rainbow, it is enough to show the many people who are close to the department, and the Mu Mu of the four doors. Finally, he also said: "There is no way to see, and the courtiers and others have been deceived." "The praise is gorgeous and the evaluation is superb, and I am embarrassed to say it again in the vernacular." Cao Cao did not pursue Kong Rong's "face deception" because of this matter, but in the end Kong Rong was killed because he angered Cao Cao, and it is difficult to say whether there are hidden dangers buried by this matter.
In Daoguang's "Chronicle of Jinan Province", the account of Your Life and Deeds is very detailed and objective, but at the beginning it gives people a not-so-good impression: "There are few talents to argue, but the qi is still arrogant, and it is good to correct the time and slow things." Ge Hong's "Baopuzi" in the outer part of "Baopuzi", which is devoted to the gains and losses of the world and the world's affairs, is not so polite to list a separate article of "Bullet Balance". I excerpted some passages to see: "Heng You promised, since the Gongqing Guoshi below, Heng Chu did not call him an official, all of them were named Yun A, or huzhi as a certain child, Hu KongRong as the eldest child, and Hu Yang Xiu as a child." Xun Yu is still strong enough to speak, and after this, he will live in the wood stalk. "Open your mouth to hate, and do the work." "Decaying wood lead collar, Ban lost Ouye can not be craftsmanship also." Imagine that when you see people, you call them sons, every day you think of yourself as Lao Tzu, and treat others as wine bags and rice bags, who will treat such people? I think Cao Cao is already very good to You Heng, using him as a drum official, it seems to be humiliating, maybe it is to frustrate the young man's vigor, reuse it, or test his cultivation. If Zhang Liang didn't pick up the stinky shoes that were thrown under the bridge for Huang Shigong (whether it was one or a pair, the "History" did not say, we don't have to worry about it), how could he get the "Taigong Art of War"; if Han Xin could not bear the humiliation of crotch, how could he become a great general. You Heng couldn't bear it, scolded Cao naked, and tried to be happy, and as a result, he lost the platform to display his talents - it can be said that he was the best platform at that time, and was eventually killed by Huang Zu, and finally died of personal character. Cao Cao could endure, did not kill You Heng, and eventually became a generation of tyrants, and it was no more than a famous politician. From this point of view, in standing in the world, especially for young people, the tragedy of Your Balance can be used as a lesson.
The Peking opera "Drumming and Scolding Cao" interprets You Heng's personality characteristics from a positive point of view, and strives to reflect the image of You Heng's strong and arrogant, mighty and indomitable, agitated and clear celebrity, which also partially reflects the true appearance of the characters. Therefore, the whole drama you heng singing voice, all the use of "Xipi", the most suitable to reflect the anger, excitement, and give full play to the characteristics of the Xipi plate, and strive to shape the character in an all-round and three-dimensional way. For example, the three "two sixes" that appear in the play reflect three different thoughts and emotions, and there is no sense of repetition at all. This play most tests the actor's skill is also the drum art, since it is drumming and scolding Cao, drumming is indispensable, let's say that one of the "deep nights" has both passion and femininity, and has a unique artistic charm. Many fans watch "Drumming and Scolding Cao", often running to this section of drumming. Like Du Zhenjie said, in order to practice drumming, the wrists were swollen. When Li Jun participated in the Qingjing Competition, the troupe specially funded him to buy drums in Shanghai, which must be of good quality and take advantage of his hands, which shows the weight of drumming in the whole play. Therefore, although "Drumming and Scolding Cao" is a bit monotonous, it is still very interesting.
Some time ago, when I returned to Dezhou, I heard that You Heng's hometown had built "You Heng Park", so I stopped by to see that it was Deping Town, Linyi County, at the former site of You Heng's original Xiao Youjia Village, that invested more than three million yuan to build a park covering an area of more than 10,000 square meters. "The tone is comparable to the Style of Kong Rong's writing style at that time." There is an ancient well in the southeast corner of the park, seven meters deep, and the current wellbore below one meter is still the original well Han brick, which is said to have been used by You Heng in that year. In 1933, Dai Zhangmin, the governor of Deping County of the Nationalist government at that time, erected a stele next to the well, and the front of the stele was engraved with four large characters of "Your Heng Hometown". Before I erected the monument, I thought infinitely, "The moon is the hometown of Ming, and people are hometown relatives." "No matter what, Shaw or not, the land of the hometown is generous and warm.